"Hideway" - Awarded Second Place Landscape, at 39th Annual International Miniature Art Society of Florida Show!

I am so excited to announce that my miniature, Hideaway has been awarded Second Place in Landscape at the 39th Annual International Miniature Art Society of Florida Show!  There will be over 900 Fine Art Miniatures from artists around the world!  What great news, I am so honored! 

Hideaway © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 

Graphite and Mixed Media on Film 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Hideaway is one of two works that were part of the Miniature Artists of America's (M.A.A.) submissions that traveled as part of the World Federation of Miniature Artists, for the 5th Worldwide Conference and Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature, held at the Russian Academy of Art in Moscow, Russia,  September, 2012!! Whew!  I remember at the time I didn't have much information on the show, however, when they were returned, I was glad to find out they were in the exhibit.  They were gone a long time, traveling from here in Washington to Florida to London to Moscow and who knows how many custom stops in-between!  Now it is once again on exhibit in the Miniature Art Society of Florida Show!

 

Top: Hideaway ©Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A.

Graphite and Mixed Media on Film 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Keeping Watch ©Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 

Graphite and Mixed Media on Film 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Bottom: Catchin' Some Rays © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 

Acrylic on Gessobord  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Patience © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 

Acrylic on Illustration Board 3 1/2" x 2 5/8"

Afghan Kitty © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 

Acrylic on Illustration Board 2" x 2"

I am happy to say that all five of my works were juried in the show! This year the show will be at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, FL.  The show opens on January 18th and runs through February 9, 2014!  This is a wonderful show and not to be missed!  I was fortunate enough to have attended the show once and hope to be able to do it again, someday.  I'll be blogging again as a reminder of the show as it gets closer.

In the meantime, stay tuned for more information on the annual upcoming show, Miniature Masterpieces and More! at Tsuga Gallery, opening on December 6th.  Thanks for taking time to read about my work.  See you soon and Happy Holidays!

56th Annual Edmonds Arts Festival - Work Selected!

I'm very happy to announce that all my submissions have been selected for the 56th Annual Edmonds Arts Festival!  This year my entries have a bird theme.  In the drawing category, my new graphite work, Special Delivery, features a crow as messenger.  My work in the painting category, Snowy Visitor, has a snowy owl regally posing on driftwood.  In the miniature category, my paintings include a pelican, Catchin' Some Rays, a heron, Patience, an eagle, The Hunter, and more crows, this time as a trio in, Negotiation.  I guess you can tell, I love birds!

  Special Delivery  © Barbara A. Freeman

 Graphite and Mixed Media on Film  9 3/4" x 7 5/8"

 

 Snowy Visitor  © Barbara A. Freeman

Acrylic on True Gesso Panel  7 5/8" x 9 5/8"

Fine Art Miniatures

Catchin' Some Rays  © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A.  
Awarded:  Second Place Miniatures

Acrylic on Gessobord  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Patience © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A.

Acrylic on Illustration Board 3 1/2" x 2 5/8"

 

The Hunter © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A.

Acrylic on True Gesso Panel  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Negotiation  © Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A. 
Acrylic on Claybord  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

The Edmonds Arts Festival is a three day fun filled event that takes place over Fathers' Day Weekend, June 14th -16th, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Frances Anderson Cultural Center, 700 Main Street in beautiful downtown Edmonds, WA. The Edmonds Arts Festival is one of the longest running in the Northwest, attracting artists from across the nation.  There are artists booths outside along with performing arts and children's activities and yummy food.  My work will be in the Juried Gallery Show which is INSIDE the Frances Anderson Center.  There are different rooms exhibiting the juried work, the main gallery where my work is located, you'll find, paintings, drawings and miniature art.  Don't miss the photography and artisan work which is located in rooms a few steps up.  Also, you can find the excellent student art show downstairs. Don't miss out on a fun weekend!  Bring Dad along, too!  All artwork is for sale.  Remember, art makes a fine Fathers' Day Gift!  Happy Fathers' Day to all you Fathers out there!

2012 Miniature Masterpieces and More! - Kaewyn Gallery - Bothell WA

It's that time of year for the Miniature Masterpieces and More! exhibit at Kaewyn Gallery in Bothell.  This year I'll have all acrylic paintings of birds, including Negotiation, my latest miniature painting.

Negotiation  © Barbara A. Freeman 
Acrylic on Claybord  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

I love to watch crows socializing.  These three were actually sitting on our bird bath last summer and we were able to watch them for quite some time.  Wayne took a lot of photos while the whole family refreshed themselves and chatted.  On one of our walks in Mukilteo, we watched several crows on the rocks near the water's edge.  I'm not sure what they were doing, but it looked like they were picking up bits under the rocks.  The water and rocks were such interesting colors, I decided to recreate that day for my backyard crows.

(Fine Art Miniatures) Patience,  A Walk in the Woods,
 Catchin' Some Rays, and Negotiation

(Small Works Category)  Snowy Visitor   © Barbara A. Freeman

The Miniature Masterpieces and More! show opens today, Friday, November 30th at Kaewyn Gallery in Bothell WA.  You can also view the paintings on my website by clicking on a title, or view all the work from this series at the link, Birds - Wild and Domestic.  All my miniature art is under 25 inches square.  For further information on fine art miniatures, click on the link for the Association of Miniature Artists,  Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington D.C. ,  Miniature Art Society of Florida, and the Miniature Artists of America, all of which I am a member of.

Kaewyn Gallery is located in beautiful downtown Bothell at 10101 Main Street (google map).  The show runs from November 30th to January 8th, 2013.  They are open Tuesday - Thursday 10 to 6, Friday 10 - 5 and Saturday 10 - 4.   It is my 6th year participating in this fine invitational show.  Each year I am amazed by all the beautiful work.  I hope you get a chance to see it.  All work is for sale.  These small and miniature artworks make wonderful gifts that will be lasting treasures.  Support your local businesses and your local artists!  Thank you for taking the time to read about my work.  Happy Holidays to all of my blogger friends and friends to be!

* Kaewyn Gallery will be updating their website for this show soon.  

6th Annual Miniature Fine Art Show at Artistic Designs Gallery

This weekend is the opening of the 6^th Annual Miniature Fine Art Show at Artistic Designs Gallery in Brownsburg, Indiana. (map) This is another new venue for me.  I have three fine art miniature paintings,  A Walk in the Woods, Catchin' Some Rays, and Patience, all bird paintings in the show.  The judging of the work this year will be done by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist, who will also be teaching a workshop on miniature painting and signing their books. 

Catchin' Some Rays 3 5/8" x 3 5/8"  Patience 3 1/2" x 2 5/8"  
 A Walk in the Woods  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"
© Barbara A. Freeman, M.A.A.  Fine Art Miniatures 

The show features a world-class exhibit of fine art miniatures and small works. There will be a variety of media from renowned artists from across the United States as well as Internationally.  All of the work is minute in scale, high in quality, exquisitely detailed and available for purchase. A list of the artists can be found on Artistic Designs' Blog.  You can view the works in the show by clicking here at Artistic Design's Website.

In addition to the Miniature Fine Art Exhibit, The Miniature Artists of America’s Traveling Exhibition (MAA) will be on display.  This elegant exhibit has been prepared to be shown as an educational tool and contains 35 juried works by 35 Signature artist members. These works have been painted by some of the foremost miniaturists in the United States, England, Canada, and South Africa. Works in this exhibit are not available for purchase.  I do not have work in the Traveling Exhibition yet, but will when this exhibit changes works, now that I am a signature member!  I'm still deciding which work I want to represent me, since the exhibition travels. 

The 6^th Annual Miniature Fine Art Show opens Saturday July 14th, and runs through Saturday August 25th. Admission is free for all visitors, and you can stop in to see these tiny works of art any time through August 25 during Artistic Designs Gallery business hours which can found on their website: http://www.artisticdesignsgallery.net/.  Sounds like a great show, I wish I could be there!  If you are anywhere near this area during this time, it would be a great opportunity to see both of these fine exhibits together!

Two More Shows in June

 Top left to right - Dreamer  -   Catchin' Some Rays

Bottom - A Private Residence  -  More Salmon Please

© Barbara A. Freeman

Pictured above are my four miniatures that have been juried in this years LiveARTS Bothell Art Festival.  The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, June 23rd and 24th from 10am to 6pm.  The venue is the same place as last year, the new Mobius Hall Gallery on the campus of Cascadia Community College and U.W. Bothell.  There will be a Patron Preview Party on Friday June 22nd, from 5:30 to 8pm, along with an awards presentation. Tickets are $10 which include 2 glasses of wine, appetizers and live music.  You can make your reservations online at www.liveartsbothell.org. The college is located one mile east of downtown Bothell (directions and map here).

The LiveARTS Bothell Art Fair is a FREE event and always great fun, with musical entertainment, great food and ART! It takes place in the inner courtyard of the wooded campus overlooking its 58-acre North Creek wetland.  There is also free garage parking! Just follow the signs for a weekend of fun in Bothell!

A Private Residence  © Barbara A. Freeman

Graphite and Mixed Media on Film 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" 

Just for Fun Art Contest at Wise Design

Also during the month of June, my work, Snail Tales will be part of the first ever,  Just For Fun Art Contest at Wise Design.   My work along with other local artists will be in the Hewitt display window of Wise Design.

Snail Tales  © Barbara A. Freeman
Graphite and Mixed Media on Film 6" x 6"
  

Congratulations to the three winners, First prize, Janie Olsen, and the two runners up, Shannon Danks and Shawn Southwick, whose work will be displayed in the main gallery.   Wise Design is located at 2908 Wetmore Ave, Everett WA.  The show will be part of the Everett Art Walk, June 16th, 4 -7pm, along with a reception for the Just For Fun Art Contest Show and for a charity show that will also be hanging in the main gallery.  Hope you can make it to this fun event!  Check out the Everett Art Walk and stop in Wise Design for the show.

As always, thanks for taking the time to read about my work and the shows I'll be participating in.  Whatever you do this summer, be sure to check out the local art scene and all the great art festivals!  Support your local artist!

"Catchin Some Rays" - Second Place Award - MPSGS

Entries Accepted in the
2011 Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society's Exhibit

We just got back from a ten day parent visit in Indiana on Tuesday.  While opening all the mail I was happy to find a nice notice saying all three of my entries were accepted in the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society (MPSGS) of Washington D. C. for their upcoming show in November.  This was happy news indeed!  However, this morning when I started to post the news on this blog, I opened the MPSGS web page for their link and saw that they had the winners up on their website.  Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down and saw that my work, Catchin' Some Rays was awarded Second Place in the Birds and Animals Category!!  I was really doing the happy dance on this one!  This is such an honor for me!

Second Place Award - Birds and Animals

Catchin' Some Rays © Barbara A. Freeman
Acrylic on Gessobord  3 5/8" x 3 5/8"

Gold and Glory ©Barbara A. Freeman

Acrylic on Art Board 2" x 2"

Traveling the Slow Road © Barbara A. Freeman 

Acrylic on Masonite, 2 7/8" x 3 3/4"

My three works,  Catchin' Some Rays,  Gold and Glory and, Traveling the Slow Road will be in the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society's 78th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature.  The show is held in The Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD.  They are open, Weekdays 10-4 • Wed. 10-9 • Sat. 10-3 (closed Sun. & holidays).  The Exhibition Opening is Sunday, November 20th, 2011, 12:30 to 2:30.  The show runs November 21st through December 30th 2011.  If you are in the area, this is a beautiful venue and a show not to miss.  These tiny treasures make a great holiday gift!

I know I have been quiet here, mostly due to traveling and also getting work completed and then shipped or delivered for the autumn and winter shows.  I have been working on more in the wood nymph series, (inspired by the wood nymph butterfly) two in graphite/mixed media and one acrylic painting.  All three will be small works, 6" x 6",  not miniature, so I'll have three new works to show soon!  I am so happy to be back working in my studio!  As always, thanks for taking the time to read about my work, and Happy Autumn!